Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 15 15 Assembly
The morning sun is always beautiful. When Tang Mo opened his eyes, the warm sunlight was shining on his feet through the cloudy glass.

He sat up from the bed and stretched his waist. The busyness of the past few days allowed him to find the feeling of working back then. It was a wonderful experience that was fulfilling and rewarding every day.

Yesterday, through several experiments, he had mastered the correct method of manufacturing smokeless gunpowder, at least he was very proficient in the preparation process in the laboratory environment.

However, it will take some time to produce this kind of thing on a large scale.Because although he had been a hands-off shopkeeper for a day yesterday, the production of steam engine parts did not stop at all.

Since a few days ago, Roger, Matthews and others who got the blueprints have been busy day and night.

Tang Mo estimated that almost all the parts should be manufactured in the past few days. As long as they are assembled together according to the drawings, he can start mass production of various firearm parts.

In fact, without electricity, it is impossible for a machine tool to perform its cutting tasks perfectly.Therefore, most of the work still needs the support of workers, but in the key steps, the machinery saves a lot of manpower and stabilizes the quality.

Hardly produced a single K1 quick gun for several days in a row, and Tiger's face was already ugly. He found Tang Mo yesterday and expressed his dissatisfaction to Tang Mo.

But this poor officer didn't know anything about weapon manufacturing, so he really didn't know what Tang Mo was doing.In the end, Tang Mo sent this loyal officer away with only a few words.

Anyway, there were soldiers belonging to the Earl standing at the door, and some of the remaining gold coins were kept in Tiger's hands, so he wasn't worried that Tang Mo would just run away with the supplies and money.

And these days, although Tang Mo did not produce a K1 fast gun, Tang Mo has indeed been busy in the workshop and has not seen any slack, so Tiger can only wait obediently, waiting for Tang Mo The promised miracle happened.

The principle of the steam engine is actually very simple, it is just a process of boiling water.But it is also very complicated, at least in the 100 years after the birth of the steam engine, it has been improved countless times.

This thing is indeed very complicated, but for Tang Mo who can inquire about all the internal structure assembly methods, it is actually not too complicated.

Tang Mo couldn't develop the most advanced steam engine in one go, but he could skip the immature designs and start directly from the mature ones.

Sometimes, these designs are improved through the accumulation of experience, not a technological leap.So Tang Mo can use existing materials and technology to make a small leap forward.

He washed his face, walked out of his room, and then saw Matthews leading a few workers, together with Old Roger, installing the huge machine that was almost five meters long.

In order to reduce the problems caused by parts errors, the first steam engine built by Tang Mo was still very large.There is no way, he must ensure the output strength of this machine so that it can directly participate in the work.

This is completely different from the experimental model, because this machine can't just be turned, it must run stably and maintain a large enough power output.After all, Tang Mo also counted on it to drill the barrel of the gun!

"According to the drawing, the long screw should be installed here!" With a pencil in his ear, Old Roger lowered his head and gestured a part where it should be, and said according to the drawing.

Matthews held the blueprint in his hand, looked down at the assembly sequence marked by Tang Mo on it, and then looked up at the parts that Old Roger was holding, as if comparing their positions.

Then, he nodded, pointed to the specially marked screw with length annotation on the drawing, and asked, "Where is that screw? Where did you put it just now?"

"Damn it, find that screw! Hurry up!" Several workers panicked immediately. They rummaged in nervous whispers as they rummaged through the trays containing screws and other parts.

Roger also used the other hand to rummage through one of his own pockets, yawning and complaining as he searched, "I'm so sleepy now that I can't keep my eyes open, why did you ask me to find screws? Damn it!"

"Shut up! I found it!" Matthews scolded in a low voice after finding the screw that had been processed long ago in his pocket.

"Quick, screw it on!" Roger didn't bother to correct Matthews' tone, he took the screw, and then found that he didn't seem to have a tool for screwing in his hand.

"Where's the screwdriver? Where did the screwdriver go?" Ever since, there was another flutter.Everyone began to look down for the screwdriver again, and the sound of rummaging for parts rang out.

"I said, Mr. Roger, why are you so nervous?" A worker asked with a smile while moving an iron plate that served as the casing of the steam engine.

Not to mention Roger, Matthews was also very nervous at this time, and he never thought that he was making such a huge thing. At first he thought it was just a small device like a machine tool.

Who would have thought that with a bunch of parts, combined with huge torsion bars, bearings and other parts, the thing in front of me would be so huge?

It's no wonder that they have no imagination, because these main large-scale parts were completed in the foundry next door. They haven't seen it, and naturally they don't have any intuitive concept of the machinery to be made.

When the workers in the foundry consumed a lot of steel, the finally manufactured parts were connected one by one, and what was finally presented to everyone was such a huge guy.

Even if it hasn't been able to rotate yet, its size can already give everyone a great sense of oppression.

Compared with the objects of this era, this thing is really too big, so big that the workers who made it feel very nervous.

The impact force is brought to people by leaps and bounds.Without any buffer, without any cover, once presented in front of people's eyes, it will naturally be extremely shocking.

If at the beginning, Tang Mo just made a small teapot, boiled water to show everyone the jumping lid... Then he studied a small model, a small handicraft about two feet long, and made it move for everyone to see... Then get a big test product that can drive a loom, and analyze the principle for everyone... Finally, take out such a big thing calmly, and everyone will definitely not be so nervous.

But now, he directly took out such a huge machine, which of course made everyone uncomfortable.You know, although there is already a steam engine in this era, that thing is just a... toy.

In terms of thrust, the steam engines of this era can only rotate by themselves, and cannot provide continuous power.So that thing is still a test product, just a concept.

But at this moment, the huge thing in front of Tang Mo's eyes is not a test product for performances, it can really provide surging power, and can rewrite the production of this era!

Roger pointed to the huge machine in front of him, which was already connected with a chain to a drill press, and said, "Can I not be nervous? See for yourself, how could I have imagined that we are building such a big guy! "

"What the hell is it for?" The worker, too, thought it was a little... a little scary to have such a big metal thing in the workshop.

Looking at this thing, there are several dials about the size of a palm on it, and the pointer on it points to the 0 position, and I don't know what it is for.

Although this thing looks weird, it can still be seen from some details: a few days ago, the owner of the workshop, Tang Mo, opened an opening in the back of this room, and then erected a huge chimney.

In addition, there is a combustion chamber under this machine for burning things, so people coming from the smelting workshop can tell at a glance that this thing also needs to burn coal.

Anyway, someone guessed that it was a device for burning things, but with those huge action mechanisms, everyone was a little at a loss: In fact, everyone knows that if you want to fully understand what this thing is for, you only need to wait for Tang Mo started to use it can be seen.

Roger finally found the screwdriver, and after tightening the part, he took another part from Matthews: "I don't know, but the boss thinks this thing is very important."

"Stop talking, work hard!" Matthews was very serious when he started working.

But Roger asked him at this time: "I said, you dwarves...do you all have such a big beard?"

"When you are working, even if you have a little respect for the elderly, your skills are not so bad!" Matthews shouted angrily, blowing his beard and staring at his eyes.

Wanting to answer him, Roger, who continued to tease him, looked up and saw Tang Mo walking over, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Boss! Are you awake?"

"Yeah, I'm awake." Tang Mo walked up to the old dwarf Matthews, looked up at the eight-story steam engine, and asked Matthews, "Have you been busy all night?"

"Basically, this thing is a big one." Matthews rubbed his oily hands on his clothes, and handed Tang Mo the blueprints that were also full of oily stains: "We made it according to what you said. It took a simple lever to barely get the thing on."

He is now full of thoughts of expecting this thing to move, so he couldn't help but look at the big guy beside him when he was talking: "You have spent so much high-quality steel, you will not fail in the end, right?"

(End of this chapter)